Spool for music-sheets.



No. 898,571. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908. G. H. DAVIS.

SPOOL FOR MUSIC SHEETS.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.'15,1907.

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GEORGE HOWLETT DAVIS, OF WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD MUSIC ROLL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SPOOL FOR MUSIC-SHEETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

T all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE HOWLETT DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Orange, in the county ofEsseX and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spools for Music-Sheets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spools for music sheets or rolls such as are employed in connection with self playing musical instruments, and has to do more particularly with spools having an adjustable spindle to compensate for variations in the width of the music sheet due to atmospheric changes or other causes.

The invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the spool shown and described in my pending application, Serial No. 353,114, filed January 19, 1907.

The prime object of the invention is to provide a music spool of simple and durable construction, the spindle of which may be made up of short sections, or a short and a long section or sections of material, as distinguished from a single section, thereby greatly reducing the initial cost of manufacture and at the same time providing for lateral adjustment of the sections relatively to one another to compensate for variations in the width of the music sheet wound upon the spool or spindle.

Briefly and generally stated the invention embodies a spool of the class described, comprising a sectional spindle having collars or flanges; end bearings, and adjustable interconnecting means between the adjacent ends of the spindle sections, said interconnecting means forming a part of one or both of the end bearings.

The invention further comprises a spoel of the character described, having a music sheet combined therewith, one end of the sheet being attached to one section only of the spindle, whereby the said sections may be adjusted toward and from one another in order to bring the collars in close proximity to the edges of the music sheet without in any manner buckling or twisting the sheet intermediate its edges.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 represents a plan view partly in section of one form of the invention: and; Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating another embodiment of the invention.

Referring to Fig. 1, the letter A designates generally the spindle, which in the instance shown, is made up of a relatively long section 1, and a short section 2, preferably of wood, the outer end of each of which is provided with a flange or collar 3, and end bearings 4, one of which bearings is winged as is common in music spools.

The inner end of the long section 1, of the spindleis provided with an opening 5, preferably screw-threaded andin which is tightly fitted, so as to move in and out therein a threaded rod or screw 6, said rod or screw being formed as a part or continuation of the end bearing 4. This arrangement permits the sections to be adjusted toward and from each other by turning one relatively to the other, whereby to lengthen or shorten the spindle and cause the collars or flanges 3 to more or less closely hug or approach the edges of the music sheet.

I prefer to provide each of the sections 1 and 2, of the spindlewith a tenon 7, upon which the flange or collars 3, are fitted and I also prefer to provide the end bearing 4, with lateral ribs or projections 8, so that when the same is driven through the section 2 of the spindle it will be prevented from turning therein. The inner end of the threaded rod or screw is referably pointed to permit it to be driven t rough the section.

By forming. the screw or rod 6, as a continuation of the end bearing, it will be apparent that a cheaper and more rigid structure will result.

The reference numeral 9, designates the perforated music sheet, one end of which as shown at 10, in the drawing attached to one section only, of the spindle A, namely the longer section 1 the attachment being preferably made by a suitable adhesive material, although any other attaching means may be emIployed.

t will be apparent from the foregoing construction of the'sectional spool and the man of saidbearings provide ner of attaching the music sheet to one section only thereof, that the said spool may, by rotation of one section relatively to the other, be lengthened or shortened without buckling or creasing the music sheet.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 2 the spindle indicated generally by the reference letter B is made up of three sections 12, 13, and 14, the end flanges and bearings being carried by the two outer sections 12 and 14. The central section 13 is provided in its opposite ends with thread-openings into which the threaded extensions 15 of the endbearings have tight threaded engagements so that rotation of either one of said sections 12 or 14 relatively to the other, or to the central section 13, will cause said rotated section or sections to be brought either toward or from the rental section and thus lengthen or shorten the spindle.

In the form of invention illustrated in Fig. 2, the end of the music sheet is attached only to the middle section 13 of the spindle as indicated at 16, the remaining portions of the end of the sheet being free or unattached. By this construction it will be apparent that either one of the outer sections of the spindle can be adjusted independently of the other, or both sections may be adjusted, without buckling or creasing the music sheet.

While I have shown, and prefer to provide a threaded connection between the end bearmgs and spindle sections, it will be obvious that I may dispense with the threads on the cooperating parts and make a tight, but smooth and movable fit between them.

By making the spindle of two or more sections in the manner described, all short sectlons of wood stock of any length may be utilized, thus greatly reducing the initial cost of manufacture of the spools and this is an item of no small importance in constructions of this character.

Claims:

1. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end thereof, and end-bearings for the s indle sections, one with an integral extension having an adjustable connection with an adjacent spindle section.

2. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end thereof, and end-bearings for the spindle sections, one of said bearings provided with an integral extension having a threaded connection with an adjacent spindle section.

3. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end thereof, a rod or screw extending entirely through one of the spindle sections and formed with an end-bearing at one end and having an adustable connection at its opposite end with an adjacent spindle section.

4. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end thereof, and an end bearing extending entirely through one of the spindle sections and having an adjustable connection with an adj acent spindle section. I

5. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end "thereof, an end-bearing extending entirely through and having a non-turning connection with one of the spindle sections and an extension providing an adjustable connection with the other spindle section.

6. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end thereof,

end-bearings for the spindle, a section of the spindle having an adjustable connection with a part of one of the end bearings, and a music sheet attached at one end to only one of the spindle sections.

7. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end thereof, an end-bearing having a non-turning connection with one of the spindle sections and an integral extension providing an adjustable connection with the other section, and a music sheet attached at one end to only one of the sections.

8. A music spool having a sectional spindle, a flange or collar at each end thereof, end-bearings for the spindle, one of said bearings having a screw extension, a section of the spindle having an adjustable threaded connection with said screw extension, and a music sheet attached at one end to only one of the spindle sections.

9. A music spool having a sectional spindle, comprising intermediate and outer sections, and end-bearings extending entirely through the outer sections and each having an adjustable connection with the intermediate section.

10. A music spool having a sectional spindle, comprising intermediate and outer sections, and end-bearings extending entirely through the outer sections each having an adjustable threaded connection with the intermediate section.

11. A music spool having a sectional spindle, comprising intermediate and outer sections, end bearings extending entirely through the outer sections and each adjustably connected at one end with the intermediate section, and a music sheet attached at one end to the intermediate section only of the spindle.

12. A music spool having a sectional spindle, comprising intermediate and outer sections, end bearings extending v entirely through the outer sections, each bearing having a threaded connection with the intermediate section, and a music sheet attached at one end to the intermediate section only of the spindle.

13. A music spool having a spindle made In testimony whereof I have hereunto set up of sections of unequal length, a flange or my hand in presence of two subscribing 1O collar at feetchhend (pf thelspindlef, anibendwitnesses. bearin s or t e sai s 00 one 0 sai earings e tending entirel? through the shorter HOWLETT DAVIS one of the spindle sections and provided with Witnesses: an integral extension having an adjustable MARGARET A. JAcoBs, connection with the longer spindle section. EDWARD L. DAVIS. 

